6 CAR § 236-105 – Educational standards

(a)
1. (1) Each local district must average:
  1. (A) Six (6) hours of instruction per day; and
  2. (B) Thirty (30) hours per week.
2. (2) This can be met with four (4) seven-and-one-half-hour instructional days.
3. (3) Classes in grades nine through twelve (9-12) must meet the clock-hour equivalency of one hundred twenty (120) clock hours for a Carnegie Unit.
(b)
1. (1) Each local district will provide documentation to the Department of Education to determine the success of the educational program.
2. (2) Assessment measures will include:
  1. (A) The state-approved norm-referenced test; and
  2. (B) Other assessment instruments required by or approved by the department.
(c) Each local district will conduct community forums to determine local support and provide for continual community input into the success and continuation of four-day school weeks.
(d) Academic distress districts that operate four-day school weeks that do not demonstrate yearly improvement on the state-approved norm-referenced test and other assessment instruments required by or approved by the department will forfeit their right to this option.